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Posted by Diz on 13 November 2008 - 2:32pm.
Do you get a round of applause in Word Towers when this happens I wonder?
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I just bought a Richard Thompson album
called Mirror Blue for £3 out of Fopp. A round of applause would be nice.
And...
...what do you think of it?
I just bought it during my lunch break
Rumour and Sigh is £3 on Amazon so I've got my eye on that as well.
I have the All Action compilation (the one with all the statues on the cover). I thought it was a bit "dry" and not very entertaining, but it was okay and it held my attention. I had another listen to it a few days ago and it's starting to work for me. I doubt he'll ever be a favourite of mine, but I can see a lot of merit in his music. I think he's maybe a bit better than Chris Rea's similar rootsy post illness Blue Guitars period. His voice strangely gave me a few goosebumps. Apparently a critic once approvingly accused him of being born out of time, and that his true place in time is during one of the great plagues, following a cart of corpses as he performs.
I also have a Richard and Linda Thompson compilation. I've only heard it once, but I can't get on with her voice. It's very unpleasant.
Beeswing
on Mirror Blue brings a lump to my throat every time I hear it....a sad tale of love that was never meant to be....
Kerching
I could afford several subs, at £34, £36, £38, sod it even £44 if I could get my money back for all the bloody LPs I've bought full price, later bought by others for £3 at bloody Fopp.
Pause for thought, if I hadn't bought them then, and the sales were therefore even lower, would they now be available for £2? Almost an argument to stop ever buying records again, in case they are unpopular and need flogging off cheap. But then they will stop making them by that artiste. can't win.
But hang on, isn't that the same argument entreating us to take out subs.
Dear Jerry, I put the "reply in 1 week" subs offer letter in a pocket on arrival, finding it again 10 days later. Will you still have to write to me again, and have me risk higher charges, or can I still use that offer?
RT "a bit better than Chris Rea"
Crikey - now I know how Heppo felt when someone said the Beatles were "quite good"...that Blue Guitars thing is a nice artifact but the music is absolutely dreadful (IMHO). A friend inflicted it on me and I had to skim thorough each disk out of politeness - the longest car journey I ever had. (blanches at thought). Sorry LOUD.
Rumour & Sigh is excellent though, but all RT albums have a few hard to like numbers it's true. "Read about love" is fab, "Vncent Black Lightining", "I feel so good" etc
I disagree
Blue Guitars is pretty decent. Recently listened to disc 1 again (all the songs are about slavery) and enjoyed it.
Each to his own!
Why not. I have some deep seated dislike of CR which is probably a personal failing but I find his early stuff was laughable pop rock lite, mid period sub-Springsteen, and later stuff worthy but dull. Also he whinges about being rich and famous, which always gets my goat...stlll, I susoect I'm in a minority here :-)
My review
It was alright, nothing special. It was just a first listen so I wouldn't judge it just on that. I can see me liking it more on repeat listens. The best track was song 4 with its extended instrumental ending. Track 8 was rubbish ("Brando mumbled", wow, what insight). Someone on this website once said that Fast Food was a bad song. I liked it though it was a bit cheesy. It's strangely powerful when he says they have pictures in case you're a moron.
agree
I'm not a massive fan of Mirror Blue though "Beeswing" gets me every time.
A pedant writes:
On repeat listens, LOUDspeaker, you may discern (headphones help. Or the lyric sheet.) that it's "Brando mumble...", ie part of the protagonist's "thin disguise". Just to set the record straight, you understand. Great version of this one on Live From Austin Tx, too.
NB Nothing strange about finding RT lyrics powerful...
Not quite
But we do ring a bell. Thank you.
Not, I hope
the one that goes 'Kerr-ching!'..?
It must be like being in "It's A Wonderful Life"
Down at Word Towers. Just generally, I mean.
Wish i could afford to subscribe
but with the crazy overseas pricing of word magazine and about 16 rand to the pound its way too much. So i just wait for all the unsold copies to be returned to the distributors then they get shipped to Cape Town so we can pick up the currently july issue for 2 squids still with now hear this! Actually works out ok as the South African music industry is 6 to 9 months behind the uk. Just think so many beards still to come!
Yes you do
if a little quiet
I subscribed about 5 weeks ago...
...over here in the US, and haven't received owt yet. Had 2 copies of Uncut, though, done on the same day. The music press here is awful.